Worried about coronavirus thread 24

[ofwarren]

Sorry everyone, I was watching that shambles of a press conference

God help us

I just realised why the press conference was 4.30- the London Stock Exchange closes then.

Think it’s time for all governments to get their heads together and freeze trading or similar.

Lol yeh course i am because i think humanity is worth something and some rich toff who's supposed to be in charge lets this carry on. Its a shambles and if you cant see it you will in week

That is nasty, Wannabangbang. And, may I point out, that you will lose another parent. Not today, maybe not tomorrow, maybe in 20 years' time. But parents die. That's what happens to human beings. We are not immortal, as you don't seem to have grasped.

Actually, the statistics say different - the majority of cases get worse (to the point of needing hospitalisation) during the third week. So even the 14 day recommendation isn't enough either...

Dh and ds are both vulnerable and at risk. Of course the numbers matter to me. Are they more likely to catch it if the number is at 10000 or 100000?

But the point is they may have already had it or they may have been widely exposed to it and not had it if the numbers are actually higher than published

I honestly don’t understand why high numbers are a bad thing if the mortality rates remain low

There’s no point in panicking about this because it can’t be stopped, only managed

Lots of arse-licking going on on the BBC at the moment, should they not be question this a bit more?

Yes, why aren't they all asking the question everyone else is? Ie why are we the only ones doing nothing?

They aren't even testing anymore unless you are admitted to hospital. So figures will now be incorrect.

What ever, im nasty so is he and on a massive scale

What a crock of shite. Shane on you boris

I think you have confused two issues there- the 7 days is because that is when people are apparently most infectious, although it is also true that after 7 days is when people start to develop more serious symptoms.

I’m not sure what you think I have confused sansa

That’s what I said, after 7 days it goes one way or the other

And most people are experiencing mild symptoms and are over, or at least getting much better, it in 7 days

@CKoRn could share where you got the 3rd week progression from please? We discussed this on the thread last night and everything we could turn up suggested after one week, you start to deteriorate (or start to get better over the course of another week).

I wish I felt confident in our government, however I don't.

I now feel jittery and nervous and I just have to keep going as normal.

@Bearbehind Yes, but that's not why the isolation for symptoms is 7 days. It's because the UK government believes the first 7 days is the most infectious period- that's a separate issue.

Are we giving up on contract tracing then? I thought the WHO said that was crucial and China kept going with that throughout?

@bearbehind

Ds struggles to breath on a good day, and a common cold nearly killed my DH.

Pretty sure we'd notice if they got CV.

And just how can you stay isolated with a cold when your children have to be taken to school. Seriously this man isn't from the same planet

@SansaSnark
BBC are scared the licence fee will be scrapped.

@MurrayTheMonk
Other journos are scared that if they don’t behave Boris will scrap Downing Street press questions like Trump scrapped White House ones.

And yes Irmavay i very much no that but my mother happens to immunosuppressive and is asthmatic and had phneumonia in the past 5 years

Fair enough sansa

My point that it goes one way or the other after 7 days is the main one I was making, in response to posters saying our numbers were lower because the virus hadn’t developed in people who only recently caught it

Always though Trump was bad enough but even he is doing whats right by his country unlike our priminister.

I can't say I'm surprised, I think his intention was clear after he went on This Morning and said one option is to 'take it on the chin' and 'let it move through the population'. Read: protect the economy

Why is he so sure of the 1% death rate? That's still too bloody high!!

Italy’s new cases 2000+ and 189 new deaths